Hardstone was born on the beautiful greenlands of Ireland in
1810. He was very active, he ran away from when he was one day old. After that he ran for
ten more days nonstop. Then he jumped for five more days nonstop. He was wild! He ran
around the world faster than a speeding bullet. When he got home he said, "Am I old
enough to go away from home?" "You can talk?" His parents asked amazed and puzzled "Of course I can, fellers. Now can I go now?" "Umm, whatever," they replied. Hardstone left for Picacho Peak, Arizona, but swam and ran all the way. He saw people in towns and waved to them. He was not a bit tired when he heard people screaming because there was a giant bear chasing him. The bear was big as ten redwood trees and as wide as Lake Superior. Hardstone fought the bear. They wrestled for eight days. On the first day, the bear was thrown over the moon so his feet were touching the every top of the moon. The next day, Hardstone circled around the sand, running so fast he made a tornado and made a tornado and made him fall down to earth and the tornado also made his pelt fall off. The next five days, They wrestled in the sea. On the Fifth day Swamp Angel came to help. Together they pulled out the bear and now they fought on land. On the sixth and seventh day they were all so tired that they fell asleep and still were wrestling. On the eighth day they both conquered the bear. Then Hardstone turned to Swamp Angel and said, "Marry me, please." "Certainly, Hardstone!" she replied.
"How in tarnation did you know my name?" Hardstone asked. "You’re my son!" Sally Ann. "Please come visit us. We have a surprise for you. Y’all can come". After a week Sally Ann, Swamp Angel, and Hardstone came up to Alaska, where Sally Ann lived. Sally Ann gave Hardstone an ax. Hardstone went to Tucson, Arizona and looked for an empty land area. He couldn’t find a place where there was an empty area so he searched the whole state and found place. He dragged his ax and made the Grand Canyon. You can still find Hardstone and Sally Ann in the red mountains of Sedona sittin’ on the porch dreamin’ to go to Oregon. |
The day before
the wedding, Swamp Angel and Hardstone were walking and suddenly Sally Ann Thunder Ann
Whirlwind Crockett came by, "Howdy Hardstone".